• henrik staun poulsen (3/15/2013)

    The only solution is to really get a good second box and throw some horsepower on it. I'd try to run it every week.

    yes, agree, and we have done that. Only problem is that a restore (from disk not from tape) takes 3 days, and DBCC CHECK_DB another 2 days.

    That leaves very little time for other use of the box.

    My manager thinks that's a little expensive.:-)

    Best regards,

    Henrik Staun Poulsen

    Stovi Software

    Henrik

    Just a thought after reading this again, have you considered standing up a cloud server with the express purpose of DBCC CHECK_DB? Stand up the cloud server that has the necessary resources to process in a few hours and let it rip. When done take it down. It might get the job done in a far more reasonable time period and should not cost such that your manager would worry about the extra dollars.

    Might be worth a shot!

    Miles...

    Not all gray hairs are Dinosaurs!